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Baji vs Asari

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AsariWinner
75.4

Asari wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics

Baji
73.6

Baji wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇯🇵 Junko Asari
75.4

Asari leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. World marathon champion in Stuttgart 1993, Japan's first women's marathon gold.

1. Junko Asari
75.4
2. Balázs Baji
73.6

Category breakdown

Season form · Major golds per season

Career timeline · Major golds per season

Cumulative output season by season — the shape of each career against the other.

GOAT pace tracker

Career stage · GOAT pace

Through season 5 · Major golds per season
1. 🇯🇵 Junko Asari5 seasons played · career day 1,825367 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇭🇺 Balázs Baji5 seasons played · career day 1,826300 major golds
-18.3% vs Asari at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇭🇺 Baji0048102228626
🇯🇵 Asari0055119367599

Careers are aligned at debut, so a rookie's first 5 seasons are measured against the same window in a legend's career — Yamal against Messi at the same age-stage, a tour rookie against Tiger Woods in 1996.

MetricBajiRetiredAsariRetired
World Championship medals1
Personal best (s)13.15
European Championship finals3
Hungarian national titles10
Olympic Games contested3
World outdoor titles1
Marathon personal best2.262
Osaka Marathon wins1
Global championships contested2
Marathons completed10
Dominance w25%6672
Peak w20%8088
Longevity w20%8064
Honours w20%7078
Statistics w15%7476

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GOAT Rank · the data
Asari75.4
Baji73.6
The people
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